Post by jdwhite on Mar 29, 2021 21:30:26 GMT -8
Hello. Got my WeatherRack2 a few days ago, mounted it using the stock mounting kit on the top of my daughter's play set, which is a good 10' off the ground and least 40' from other dwellings. Sensors seem to be working. UV was a little confusing at first (bounced around a lot and went way higher than 15) until I read in this forum that I needed to divide that value by 10 (note to doc maintainers - please add that detail for WeatherRack2 guide v1.3).
First few days had relatively little wind or rain, but finally got enough rain to generate a fraction of a mm reading on the rain gauge. Yesterday was breezy and I woke up noticing that our gauge showed another 0.01" of rain overnight, none of the stations around us did. Then I'd see another 0.01". Absolutely no rain, 6-12mph breeze. The rain gauge kept reporting more false rainfall periodically during the day.
Today was particularly windy -- 15mph, gusting to 20, and the rain gauge was generating all sorts of bogus readings. Thinking that the angled tarp roof of the play set might be funneling wind into the bottom slits of the WeatherRack2 where the rain is supposed to drain I raised the hight of the WeatherRack to roughly 6' from the top of the play set, but didn't help.
Are there any known issues or experiences with the WeatherRack2 and rain gauge issues caused by wind? My goal was to place the WeatherRack2 as high as possible in order to get accurate wind speed and direction, but this issue with the false rain measurements is rather frustrating.
FWIW, I'm getting my readings straight from rtl_433.
Thanks,
-Jason
First few days had relatively little wind or rain, but finally got enough rain to generate a fraction of a mm reading on the rain gauge. Yesterday was breezy and I woke up noticing that our gauge showed another 0.01" of rain overnight, none of the stations around us did. Then I'd see another 0.01". Absolutely no rain, 6-12mph breeze. The rain gauge kept reporting more false rainfall periodically during the day.
Today was particularly windy -- 15mph, gusting to 20, and the rain gauge was generating all sorts of bogus readings. Thinking that the angled tarp roof of the play set might be funneling wind into the bottom slits of the WeatherRack2 where the rain is supposed to drain I raised the hight of the WeatherRack to roughly 6' from the top of the play set, but didn't help.
Are there any known issues or experiences with the WeatherRack2 and rain gauge issues caused by wind? My goal was to place the WeatherRack2 as high as possible in order to get accurate wind speed and direction, but this issue with the false rain measurements is rather frustrating.
FWIW, I'm getting my readings straight from rtl_433.
Thanks,
-Jason
